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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day Interview Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite? Hot Five Jul 29th, 2019

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite?

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Should indie developers release their games in Asia? Mobile Mavens Sep 28th, 2018

Should indie developers release their games in Asia?

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5% Chart of the Week Aug 18th, 2016

How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%

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Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat Hall of Fame Aug 11th, 2016

Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat

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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Feature Mar 26th, 2015

Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Apple get hacked, EA names the App Store as its biggest money spinner, and we go big on China Week that was Jul 27th, 2013

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day Interview Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

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The story of DreamTree Games and DeLight from co-founder ZhiWei Tan Interview Dec 9th, 2020

The story of DreamTree Games and DeLight from co-founder ZhiWei Tan

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? The IAP Inspector Aug 11th, 2017

How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 13th, 2020

This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears

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Time for a new free app analytics tool GOLDEN DATA Jan 16th, 2020

Time for a new free app analytics tool

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 23rd, 2018

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Aug 11th, 2017

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How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise? IAP INSPECTOR May 12th, 2017

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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3 Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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Finding success in 4x strategy games SPONSORED Jan 19th, 2021

Finding success in 4x strategy games

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Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon ASK IWATA Jan 8th, 2021

Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon

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The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding INDIE VIEW Dec 29th, 2020

The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding

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Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert on the allure of Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Dec 16th, 2020

Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert on the allure of Apple Arcade

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The story of DreamTree Games and DeLight from co-founder ZhiWei Tan INDIE SPOTLIGHT Dec 9th, 2020

The story of DreamTree Games and DeLight from co-founder ZhiWei Tan

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2 The Big Indie interviews: Smash Head Studio talk standing out in the world of 2D roguelite action games INDIE VIEW Dec 8th, 2020

The Big Indie interviews: Smash Head Studio talk standing out in the world of 2D roguelite action games

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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Finding success in 4x strategy games SPONSORED Jan 19th, 2021

Finding success in 4x strategy games

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Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon ASK IWATA Jan 8th, 2021

Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon

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What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

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The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding INDIE VIEW Dec 29th, 2020

The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding

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Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd MAKING OF May 2nd, 2018

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2 A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye DECODING DESIGN Aug 30th, 2017

A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year SWITCH IT UP Jan 18th, 2021

Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year

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Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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Chinese games regulators gave approval to 1,411 games last year GAME ON Jan 18th, 2021

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Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year SWITCH IT UP Jan 18th, 2021

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Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding

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Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year SWITCH IT UP Jan 18th, 2021

Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year

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Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day IMPOSTER Jan 7th, 2021

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day

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Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far LOCKDOWN LIFT Dec 16th, 2020

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The Asia-10 market will have 826 million gamers by 2024 GROWING MARKET Dec 3rd, 2020

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Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50% LOST IN TRANSLATION? Oct 22nd, 2020

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